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even just in the career of george w. bush. this is from that -- i want to read -- this is from the lewiston idaho morning tribune, from august 1999, when george w. bush was running for president for the first time. listen to this. "george w. bush, for example, has said he opposes allowing gay couples adopt children. i believe children ought to be adopted in families with a woman and a man who are married, the texas governor said months ago. but after he said that, governor bush told a gay legislator he doesn't mean that personally. texas state represent glen maxie, the state's only openly gay legislator, says that last april, bush talked to him during a visit to the house chamber. he says, glen, i value you as a person and i value you as a human being and i want you to know that what i said publicly about gay people does not pertain to you personally." but to the extent that i can take away your rights and destroy your family, i'm going to do everything in my power to do that. with ronald reagan, it was sort of the same thing.
even just in the career of george w. bush. this is from that -- i want to read -- this is from the lewiston idaho morning tribune, from august 1999, when george w. bush was running for president for the first time. listen to this. "george w. bush, for example, has said he opposes allowing gay couples adopt children. i believe children ought to be adopted in families with a woman and a man who are married, the texas governor said months ago. but after he said that, governor bush told a gay...
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bush, then candidate george w. bush, asked dick cheney to look into him who would be the best choice for him as his vice presidential running mate. like halliburton before him, dick cheney took that study on, decided to study the scene, look long and hard at all the options, and found, indeed, there was one great candidate to be george w. bush's vice president, but only one. dick cheney picked himself and that is how we ended up with a vice president who responded to somebody giving him a hard time about the halliburton thing on the floor of the senate by telling that united states senate, on the floor of the united states senate, "go bleep yourself, senator." reflecting back on his vice presidency after leaving office, mr. cheney looked back on the "go bleep yourself" moment fondly. >> it's sort of the best thing i ever did. >> but, oh, dick cheney, how do you narrow it down when you've done so much? mr. cheney, you are the most astonishing figure in american politics. we expect some people to be very, very radica
bush, then candidate george w. bush, asked dick cheney to look into him who would be the best choice for him as his vice presidential running mate. like halliburton before him, dick cheney took that study on, decided to study the scene, look long and hard at all the options, and found, indeed, there was one great candidate to be george w. bush's vice president, but only one. dick cheney picked himself and that is how we ended up with a vice president who responded to somebody giving him a hard...
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. >> in the '04 election, republican president george w. bush won the crucial state of ohio with 50.8% of the vote. and he won a second term in office. in certain parts of ohio, for certain groups of people who tend to lean democratic, voting in that election that year meant waiting if lines for ten hours or more. for voters in mostly african-american precincts voting was like an endurance event. in precincts used by college students, voting was an all day and into the night affair. the polls simply were not set up to accommodate everyone who wanted to vote. particularly democratic leaning constituencies. this time around, the national race, again, may all but depend on ohio and the same key democratic constituencies are again finding that trying to vote is a challenge. and i use the word challenge on purpose. as we reported earlier this month, the tea party group in ohio called the voter integrity project claims to have found 730,000 suspect names that it wants purged off the voter rolls in ohio. 730,000. we've now started to get a better
. >> in the '04 election, republican president george w. bush won the crucial state of ohio with 50.8% of the vote. and he won a second term in office. in certain parts of ohio, for certain groups of people who tend to lean democratic, voting in that election that year meant waiting if lines for ten hours or more. for voters in mostly african-american precincts voting was like an endurance event. in precincts used by college students, voting was an all day and into the night affair. the...
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george w. bush signed the stimulus act. i think it is the case that there is no political incentive right now for the republican party to boost, to do anything to alleviate the suffering and misery in the economy now between now and election day. and the one big question in all this, right, is the way the system is designed is a poor economy in the short term should hurt incumbents in congress. i think they think they are somehow immune from the effects of that. i think that's the big open question about whether that's going to continue to hold, but so far it looks like it will. >> i think they're right. my understanding, the ef tense on that, it tends to hurt the majority party, and americans see the majority party as the president. i'm interested in what you say. i always take it as this kind of psychologically complex phenomenon, that you see by the way on the left sometimes, too, where people convince themselves very quickly of what it is in their electoral interest to believe. to sort of use a sinclair line, it's hard
george w. bush signed the stimulus act. i think it is the case that there is no political incentive right now for the republican party to boost, to do anything to alleviate the suffering and misery in the economy now between now and election day. and the one big question in all this, right, is the way the system is designed is a poor economy in the short term should hurt incumbents in congress. i think they think they are somehow immune from the effects of that. i think that's the big open...
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that night, george w. bush, of course, won the state of florida as well. after the debacle of the '04 election, officials in the states took another look at early voting. at whether offering more days and more hours for early voting might help more voters vote without it taking all day. and lots of people leaving the polls in frustration without voting because they just didn't have the time to wait. voters also decided maybe there was something to that early voter thing. maybe they'd be -- they'd better get their ballots in early, wherever they could the next time around. this is the percentage of people who voted ahead of time, who voted early in some key states in 2004. and here is the percentage of people who voted early in 2008. the additional percentage is that blue bit there, right? each of these states is considered a swing state now for this next election in 2012. look at that list. where early voting went up in 2008, when it grew, all of these states flipped from red to blue. from choosing the republican nominee in '04 to choosing the democratic o
that night, george w. bush, of course, won the state of florida as well. after the debacle of the '04 election, officials in the states took another look at early voting. at whether offering more days and more hours for early voting might help more voters vote without it taking all day. and lots of people leaving the polls in frustration without voting because they just didn't have the time to wait. voters also decided maybe there was something to that early voter thing. maybe they'd be --...
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george w. bush i don't believe set out to have that kind of presidency, but that's the kind of presidency he got. into the vacuum of his lack of any substantiative idea on foreign policy at all stepped a well-organized group of unelected, opportunistic radicals who over the course of the next eight years brought upon this country the most disastrous foreign policy in american history and we're not over it. now while we're in the 12th year of one of the wars started in that era, the republican party is offering another choice for president who is promising a non-foreign policy presidency. mitt romney did not mention the issue of foreign policy in his closing statement at the foreign policy debate last night. this is not his field. and he's not pretending that it is. he doesn't want it to be his field. nobody has perfect foresight about what their presidency is going to be like. what they are going to have the option of working on or not working on. but the pressing nature of this issue now is no
george w. bush i don't believe set out to have that kind of presidency, but that's the kind of presidency he got. into the vacuum of his lack of any substantiative idea on foreign policy at all stepped a well-organized group of unelected, opportunistic radicals who over the course of the next eight years brought upon this country the most disastrous foreign policy in american history and we're not over it. now while we're in the 12th year of one of the wars started in that era, the republican...
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there's still the issue about whether george w. bush will make an endorsement. but big picture, what do you think it means? >> not very much. because the republican party of president george h.w. bush is light years away from the republican party today. he would be considered, today, a leftist, socialist, or something worse, and pretty for a left. the party has left him long ago. this endorsement, frankly, is not worth the time to talk about it. it's helpful in that at least it's a positive for mitt romney. okay, former president, and his family, with the exception of the most recent bush president, endorses him. but in the great scheme of things, doesn't count for very much of anything. >> is it a general election challenge for mr. romney or for any eventually republican nominee, for the party to now be vehemently opposed to the major positions of somebody like george h.w. bush? what seems interesting to me about this is the awkwardness of the eyeball to eyeball communication between these two candidates, who if nobody told you they were in the same party and t
there's still the issue about whether george w. bush will make an endorsement. but big picture, what do you think it means? >> not very much. because the republican party of president george h.w. bush is light years away from the republican party today. he would be considered, today, a leftist, socialist, or something worse, and pretty for a left. the party has left him long ago. this endorsement, frankly, is not worth the time to talk about it. it's helpful in that at least it's a...
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were those attacks because george w. bush didn't have resolve? when there were terrorist attacks during, say, the reagan administration, say, the horrible beirut bombing in 1983, was that a reflection of a lack of resolve on the part of president reagan? under the romney campaign's new argument for understanding international unrest, presidents reagan and bush lacked resolve. president obama similarly lacks resolve. and the country's only hope for security lies in the unprecedented toughness and scary awesomeness of an unpopular former one-term governor of massachusetts, under whom there won't be any more anti-american unrest. i do not think that's an argument the romney campaign wants to have but it is the argument they are making in public. to reporters who are writing down what they say. and then after that, as a country, we get to vote. joining us now is eugene robinson, pulitzer prize womening columni isist winning columnist for the "washington post." >> rachel, great to be here tonight. >> isn't this a weird variant on blaming the victim bu
were those attacks because george w. bush didn't have resolve? when there were terrorist attacks during, say, the reagan administration, say, the horrible beirut bombing in 1983, was that a reflection of a lack of resolve on the part of president reagan? under the romney campaign's new argument for understanding international unrest, presidents reagan and bush lacked resolve. president obama similarly lacks resolve. and the country's only hope for security lies in the unprecedented toughness...
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it only took george w. bush eight days to get around to nominating them. we are at 44 days for president obama. if this is any current signed, the republicans are taking this delay as a sign of weakness in the white house. i don't think that's how the white house sees it, but i would love to know how they do see it. . or you can get out there and actually like something. the lexus december to remember sales event is on. this is the pursuit of perfection. the lexus december to remember sales event is on. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. >>> best new thing in the world. this is a reindeer and where this animal lives down here in the lower 48 we have this kind of beer. up north, they have these guys are adapted to live in cold climates. now drunks, one of the things that alco
it only took george w. bush eight days to get around to nominating them. we are at 44 days for president obama. if this is any current signed, the republicans are taking this delay as a sign of weakness in the white house. i don't think that's how the white house sees it, but i would love to know how they do see it. . or you can get out there and actually like something. the lexus december to remember sales event is on. this is the pursuit of perfection. the lexus december to remember sales...
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george w. bush is the incumbent president. his challenger is this guy, massachusetts senator john kerry. remember at the democratic convention this year when john kerry gave the bang-up speech about mitt romney learning everything he knew about russia by watching rocky 4, and his overseas trip actually being a blooper reel and all that stuff? this this great barn burner of a very funny speech by john kerry. everybody said, afterwards, where was that john kerry when he was the guy running for president in 2004? well, that john kerry actually did show up in 2004 when he was running for president. at least he showed up for the first debate against the incumbent president that year, and in that first debate against the incumbent president, challenger john kerry cleaned the president's clock. >> i made a mistake in how i talk about the war, but the president made a mistake in invading iraq. which is worse? >> president bush and senator kerry were hard at it again today, campaigning across battleground states, continuing the spirite
george w. bush is the incumbent president. his challenger is this guy, massachusetts senator john kerry. remember at the democratic convention this year when john kerry gave the bang-up speech about mitt romney learning everything he knew about russia by watching rocky 4, and his overseas trip actually being a blooper reel and all that stuff? this this great barn burner of a very funny speech by john kerry. everybody said, afterwards, where was that john kerry when he was the guy running for...
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this is the same old george w. bush argument. they thought that this made it seem less scary. >> for younger people. what we said then, and what i've always agreed, is let younger americans have a voluntary choice of making their money work faster for them within the social security system. that's not what mitt romney's proposing. what we're saying is no changes for anybody 55 and above. >> when charlie pierce from boston wrote up that moment from the debate at "esquire" magazine today he wrote this. "you could hear the screams from romney headquarters all the way up the charles to where i was watching." democrats have so far been keeping their powder dry on this very, very potent issue. on the republicans wanting to privatize social security. not just privatizing medicare, and thereby getting rid of it, which has been an issue in this campaign, but privatizing social security and thereby getting rid of it. before last night, that was paul ryan's record and it was george w. bush's record. but nobody knew if romney and ryan were g
this is the same old george w. bush argument. they thought that this made it seem less scary. >> for younger people. what we said then, and what i've always agreed, is let younger americans have a voluntary choice of making their money work faster for them within the social security system. that's not what mitt romney's proposing. what we're saying is no changes for anybody 55 and above. >> when charlie pierce from boston wrote up that moment from the debate at "esquire"...
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george w. bush's budget director, george w. bush who raised the debt ceiling seven times. which mitt romney never complained about. presidents inevitably raise the debt ceiling. republicans do it. democrats do it. george w. bush did it. ronald reagan did it. mitt romney has never seen it as a scandal before. now, though, he's try to make a scandal about it hoping nobody can bear to look at the pictures while we're also listening to him talk. how about you, senator portman? you're just going to go to appear at that event with mitt romney, with a big smile on your face and not going to peep while your candidate lies about your record? really, senator portman? you're happy to take credit for something you didn't do? ♪ made sure his credit score did not go bad ♪ ♪ with a free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ app that he had ♪ downloaded it in the himalayas ♪ ♪ while meditating like a true playa ♪ ♪ now when he's surfing down in chile'a ♪ ♪ he can see when his score is in danger ♪ ♪ if you're a mobile type on the go ♪ ♪ i suggest you take a tip from my b
george w. bush's budget director, george w. bush who raised the debt ceiling seven times. which mitt romney never complained about. presidents inevitably raise the debt ceiling. republicans do it. democrats do it. george w. bush did it. ronald reagan did it. mitt romney has never seen it as a scandal before. now, though, he's try to make a scandal about it hoping nobody can bear to look at the pictures while we're also listening to him talk. how about you, senator portman? you're just going to...
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nyquil cold & flu doesn't. >>> george w. bush and "the rachel maddow show" staff have something in common. they both pride themselves on coming up with nicknames for people. they can be flattering, lamb chop, yours trul lichlt the best "the rachel maddow show" nickname of all time was given to robert ford, this guy, the ambassador to syria. in september this show gave mr. ford the nickname ambadassador, he really seriously no joke earned it. president obama called on the president of syria to step down, the syrians were not pleased. they told the ambassador he needed to ask permission to order to leave the capital. he went to the city where olive branchs greeted him. the embassies were attacked. so too was the ambassador's house. he also went to observe a peaceful protest by lawyers at the syrian bar association, a government demonstrator attacked him and it was caught on tape. he went to the funeral of human rights activist who died in the custody of syrian security forces. an hour after that funeral security forces trashed
nyquil cold & flu doesn't. >>> george w. bush and "the rachel maddow show" staff have something in common. they both pride themselves on coming up with nicknames for people. they can be flattering, lamb chop, yours trul lichlt the best "the rachel maddow show" nickname of all time was given to robert ford, this guy, the ambassador to syria. in september this show gave mr. ford the nickname ambadassador, he really seriously no joke earned it. president obama...
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in 2004 it was president george w. bush. and within eight days of being re-elected. ronald reagan was elected in 1984 by a lot. within 23 days he had named his nominees. then clinton named his within 30 days. in 2004 it was president george w. bush. and within eight days of being re-elected. president obama, the 44th president. so far 44 days, and counting. it has been 44 days since the election and he has not named a single nominee for his single term cabinet. why is that? nobody knows but republican seem to be psyched about it. or maybe the term you are looking for is emboldened. republican criticism forced her to take her name out of the job. former republican senator chuck haegle is the latest rumor as potential nominee for defense. republicans are trying to shut that down as well before that happens. it was up to the white house who hasn't nominated him yet to start to defend him today. even before they have named him. this president has waited longer republicans clearly think that they are the ones who are in control of who president obama gets to put in his se
in 2004 it was president george w. bush. and within eight days of being re-elected. ronald reagan was elected in 1984 by a lot. within 23 days he had named his nominees. then clinton named his within 30 days. in 2004 it was president george w. bush. and within eight days of being re-elected. president obama, the 44th president. so far 44 days, and counting. it has been 44 days since the election and he has not named a single nominee for his single term cabinet. why is that? nobody knows but...